Guide Post at SW 690280 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1988. Guide post.
Guide Post at SW 690280
- WRENN ID
- brooding-terrace-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1988
- Type
- Guide post
- Address
- Guide Post at SW 690280, Gweek
- OS grid reference
- SW 690 280
- Coordinates
- 50.10726, -5.23087
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This guide post, dating from the late 19th century, is made of cast iron and features a round shaft. The shaft has embossed letters and three adjustable pointers, each with rounded corners, secured by bolted collars above a moulded cornice. The collars are topped with a moulded finial that has a spearhead design. The shaft is inscribed vertically with the word "CORNWALL." The north pointer indicates WENDRON at 2 miles, the west pointer shows HELSTON at 2½ miles, and the south pointer points to GWEEK at 1½ miles.
Local climate
Guide Post at SW 690280 receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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